The BBC will be showing a two-part drama on the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury last year.

It will centre on the impact the incident had on the quiet cathedral city's residents and the heroism of the emergency services.

Former KGB spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed on a bench at The Maltings shopping centre on March 5 last year.

Mr Skripal and his daughter survived the attack, which Prime Minister Theresa May said had "almost certainly" been approved by the Russian state.

Innocent Salisbury native Dawn Sturgess was the only fatality after touching a discarded perfume bottle believed to have been used in the attack on the Skripals.

A cast for the new BBC2 drama is yet to be announced.

According to the BBC it will tell "the story of how ordinary people reacted to a crisis on their doorstep, displaying extraordinary heroism as their city became the focus of an unprecedented national emergency".

Extraordinary story

Writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn said: "We feel extremely privileged to be telling this story."Extensive, meticulous research is at the heart of how we like to work and we've been overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Salisbury who have opened up to us over the past few months and continue to do so.

"This is an extraordinary story full of ordinary heroes, the tale of how a community responded to an inconceivable event"

Laurence Bowen, chief executive of production company Dancing Ledge Productions, said: "This is the story of the poisonings in Salisbury that hasn't been told - the story of a community living through the real-life horror of an invisible threat that could and did kill without warning, a story of tragedy but also of resilience, and pride."